“Probably got caught a little bit with some inexperience out there. We have better guys that weren’t on the field. That’s not a knock against our guys that were on the field, that’s just decisions that we made as coaches that probably wasn’t the best decision and we’ll try to get that cleaned up going forward.”

Peru State averaged 31.8 yards per punt. On their four kickoffs, they averaged 68 yards.

As they prepare for their second game of the season on Sept. 8 at Central Methodist University, Schneider plans to practice live kickoff and punt coverages this week before giving his team the weekend off.